Cultural references

Cultural References

"There, 300 points. And the hero of the hour? Of course his name is Iceman."
"Ice! Hey, Iceman?"
"Yo."

This fraternity brother is aptly nicknamed — Iceman just happens to be the character that the actor Shawn Ashmore played in the three X-Men movies. Shawn Ashmore also happens to be the twin brother of Aaron Ashmore, who plays the tormented Troy in this episode. So there's a shout-out to Shawn's X-Men character and sort of a shout-out to his brother. Unfortunately, Veronica considers both Ashmore brothers possible suspects in the Hearst college date rape.